Sustain biosafety and biosecurity best practices

The establishment of a comprehensive system for Biosafety and Biosecurity, with good implementation and monitoring of performance , ensures sustainability.

Safeguard Biosecurity and Biosafety

Safeguarding Biosafety and Biosecurity depends on the existence of legislation and instructions that regulate implementation, in addition to the commitment of senior management to support implementation and ensure sustainability.

Build Biorisk awareness and mitigation strategies

Raising awareness of the importance of managing biological risks is an important pillar and based on it , robust assessment of risks and developing mitigation strategies.

Foster biorisk management partnerships

Shared responsibility toward global health security should encourage partnership between international professional organizations to enhance efforts and share best practices in strengthening a culture of biosafety, biosecurity, and responsible conduct.

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About Us

About the network

    This Network aims to target safeguarding biosecurity and biosafety of public and private laboratories in North Africa. Thus, it will contribute to building risk awareness and Biorisk mitigation techniques related to biological agents and toxins, including laboratory infrastructure and other forms of biological capacity building assistance in Libya, Tunisia, and Morocco.

    Objectives of this network are:

  • To contribute to the development of more effective public health systems and biosafety/biosecurity measures in North Africa countries.
  • To build risk awareness and risk mitigation techniques in North Africa related to biological agents and toxins.
  • To reduce access to dangerous infectious agents and other materials of dual use
  • To develop and establish common protocols across partner countries linking guidelines and capacities to international standards and frameworks, including development of Terms of Reference
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Expert Team

Experts

Erin M Sorrell

Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Larbi Baassi

Biosafety and Biosecurity Consultant at the National Institute of Hygiene Morocco

Safa Messelmeni

Head of the Medical Biology Laboratories Unit at the Ministry of Health Tunisia

Nagat Al Kmishi

Medical Laboratory Specialist (BSc, Dip, MSc, LBLM) NCDC Libya

Tarek Al Sanouri

Disease Control Team Leader at GHD

Claire J. Standley

Associate Research Professor "Center for Global Health Science and Security Georgetown University Medical Center

Maya Joukhadar

Disease Control & Prevention Technical Officer

Deema Al Bakri

Disease Control & Prevention Technical Officer

Alanna Fogarty

Senior Research Coordinator, Center for Global Health Science and Security | Georgetown University

Brian Samuelson

Research Associate, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University

Ming Yang Ong

unior Scientist Center for Global Health Science and Security | Georgetown University

Yosra Mekni

PPM and Change Management Senior Consultant & Corporate Trainer
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